[Frank’s Campaign by Horatio Alger Jr.]@TWC D-Link bookFrank’s Campaign CHAPTER XVII 5/12
Several others portrayed foreign scenes.
Among them was a street scene in Rome.
An entire family were sitting in different postures on the portico of a fine building, the man with his swarthy features half-concealed under a slouch hat, the woman holding a child in her lap, while another, a boy with large black eyes, leaned his head upon her knees. "That represents a Roman family at home," explained Henry Morton. "At home!" "Yes, it is the only home they have.
They sleep wherever night finds them, sheltering themselves from the weather as well as they can." "But how do they get through the winter? should think they would freeze." "Nature has bestowed upon Italy a mild climate, so that, although they may find the exposure at this season disagreeable, they are in no danger of freezing." There was another engraving which Frank looked at curiously.
It represented a wagon laden with casks of wine, and drawn by an ox and a donkey yoked together.
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